3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Very dark brown with some red tinges when held to the light. Roasted malt aroma with fruit and coffee. Chocolate and roasted malt with some coffee in the taste. I was expecting but more but it’s not bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A black beer with an off-white head. A roasty and smoky aroma with some burnt milk notes. A dry roasty taste with plenty of coffee. Pretty bitter and has the odd veg note. A decent porter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Woolpack, Chelmsford, pint. God lacing, opaque colour, coffee, roasted malts, chocolate. cream aggressive bitterness, good balance, oily, soft carbonation. Excellent. 5.5% abv.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@O’Connells, Tampere. Deep murky amber colour with not too much head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, mild dark dry fruits as well as some mild vanilla. Flavour is roastedmalts, coffee and mild chocolate.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo)
Very deep red, small head. Rich chocolatey aroma. Quite thin refreshing palate, carbonation low. Chock full of smooth roasty chocolatey aromas and retronasals. Fairly simple body - roasts plus some light hoppy tingles. Great porter, sessionable I’m sure. Unusually, Anna didn’t have this.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Gallows Bird, Espoo. Dark brown with not much of a head at all. Coffeeish aroma of roasted malt with some notes of chocolate. Roasted malt with definitely some coffee in the flavour. Feels a bit watery, otherwise quite ok.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a very dark almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee aroma with some fruity hints. Roasted malty coffee flavor with a slightly thin mouthfeel. Has a roasted malty coffee finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home ... Deep black with a nice head ... light roast malt ...quite sweet up front with lots of roast and some coffee .. a little odd flavour that i ant place that stops it being a great porter but its still pretty respectable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity dispense), St Albans Beer Festival, September 2007. Fairly dark brown with no head to speak of. Quite roasty with a noticeable coffee presence. A nice porter, although a little let down by a rather thin mouthfeel. I’d ceratinly drink this one again though.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Sim rate (cask at St Albans BF): Damn. Smells exactly like a proper espresso... one my dad would make. Very slightly sweet. Flavour also very coffee with a bit too much bitterness. Very watery palate which is a shame as it’s such a lovely aroma and flavour. Flavour has a tinge of soy sauce or hoi sin. So so good.
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